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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} A Coach's Life by 53 Insightful Quotes By Dean Smith That Will Keep You Focused. Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else. If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times. is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots. I'd never get elected if people in realized how liberal I am. There is a in every contest when sitting on the is not an option. I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking. I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one. Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person. I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised. The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it. I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun. The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus. You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it. I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school. I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that. but I know that's just American society. Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America. I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well. Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat. As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something. What do do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. List of head coaches on Dean Smith’s coaching tree is an impressive one. Sunday morning the University of North Carolina announced that legendary Dean Smith passed away Saturday night at the age of 83. During his time as a head coach Smith won 879 games, two national titles, an Olympic gold medal (1976), 13 ACC titles, 17 ACC regular season titles and helped shepherd many players not only into professional basketball but also in other arenas in life. And to limit discussions about Smith’s impact to basketball would be unfair to him, as he also fought hard for social justice. Charles Scott, who told Smith during his recruitment that he preferred to be called “Charles” as opposed to the commonly used “Charlie,” became the ACC’s first African-American scholarship athlete in the mid-1960’s. Smith also participated in sit-ins, and protests over other issues such as the and the use of the death penalty. To play for a person of Smith’s influence certainly benefitted his players, who went on to enjoy success not only in basketball but in other avenues of life as well. Below are those who went on to become head coaches in basketball, with many others moving on into assistant coaching and administrative roles. And this doesn’t include those, such as , who have been impacted by those who played for Smith. While it likely wasn’t a goal of his, Dean Smith ended up planting one of the greatest coaching trees in all of sports. Active head coaches who played/worked for Dean Smith. (SMU) : Brown’s amassed an impressive list of achievements at both the collegiate and professional levels, winning a national title at Kansas in 1988 and an NBA title with the in 2004. Currently the head coach at SMU, Brown won 1,327 games as a pro head coach (NBA and ABA) and has won more than 71 percent of his games as a college head coach. Brown played at UNC from 1960-63. Roy Williams (North Carolina) : The UNC alumnus returned home to Chapel Hill in 2003 after taking over for Brown at Kansas in 1988 and returning that program to national prominence. Like his mentor, Williams has two national titles to his credit, and he’s won just over 79 percent of his games as a college head coach. Williams has won two ACC titles and six ACC regular season titles at North Carolina, and like Brown, he’s a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (High Point) : Cherry was a senior captain on Smith’s second national title team (1993), and as an assistant he was a member of ’s staff on the George Mason team that reached the Final Four in 2006. Cherry took over as head coach at High Point in 2009, winning the Big South North Division title in 2013 and 2014 and the overall conference regular- season title in 2014. (Barry University) : Estes made the move to Barry from in 2013, and he’s won nearly 500 games during a head coaching career that has spanned just over three decades. Estes played freshman basketball at North Carolina, and he served as a student manager under Smith. (East Carolina) : Lebo, who played for Smith from 1985-89, has been a Division I head coach at four different schools (Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga, Auburn and ECU) and has a career record of 294-230. Lebo led his last team at Tennessee Tech (2001-02) to the quarterfinals of the Postseason NIT. (Monmouth) : Rice recently moved into the head coaching ranks, taking over at Monmouth in 2011. Rice, who played for Smith from 1987-91, served as an assistant at Oregon, Illinois State, Providence and Vanderbilt from 1992-2011. Among his assistants is another former in , who was a teammate of Rice’s at UNC and ultimately won a national title in 1993. (William & Mary) : Shaver walked onto the North Carolina basketball team in 1972 and was a member of the program for four seasons, with players such as Walter Davis, and among his teammates. In 2003, Shaver made the move from Hampden-Sydney to William & Mary, and he’s led the Tribe to three CAA tournament title game appearances. Former head coaches who played for Smith at North Carolina. () Matt Doherty (Notre Dame, North Carolina, Florida Atlantic, SMU) (Wichita State, Vanderbilt, South Carolina) (Montana Golden Nuggets (CAB), , , (CBA; twice), Real Madrid (twice), Seattle Supersonics, , ) (Detroit Pistons) (, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers) (Appalachian State (twice), Tulsa, Tennessee, Coastal Carolina, UNCW) Executives/Administrators who played for Smith at North Carolina. A Coach's Life. Legendary University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith tells the full story of his fabled career, and shares the life lessons taught and learned over forty years of unparalleled success as a coach and mentor. For almost forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina men's basketball program with unsurpassed success- on the court and in shaping young men's lives. In his long-awaited memoir, he reflects on the great games, teams, players, strategies, and rivalries that defined his career, and explains the philosophy that guided him. There's a lot more to life than basketball- though some may beg to differ- but there's a lot more to basketball than basketball, and this is a book about basketball filled with wisdom about life. Dean Smith insisted that the fundamentals of good basketball were the fundamentals of character- passion, discipline, focus, selflessness, and responsibility- and he strove to unite his teams in pursuit of those values. To read this book is to understand why Dean Smith changed the lives of the players he coached, from , who calls him his second father and who never played a NBA game without wearing a pair of UNC basketball shorts under his uniform, to the last man on the bench of his least talented team. We all wish we had a coach like Dean Smith in our lives, and now we will have that chance. RonSenBasketball. Every coach owns authenticity. Among the best was Carolina Coach Dean Smith, sharing wit and wisdom in A Coach's Life. Smith wrote books that coaches could study, not self-aggrandizing biographies. Today's missive brings excerpts from the chapter entitled "The Carolina Way." "Each year we had the same goals: ) Play together, 2) Play hard, 3) Play smart. unselfish, effort, execution." He hated showboating. "Try to act like you've done this before." One writer labeled Carolina " the IBM of ." "To make winning an end in and of itself seemed neither realistic nor good teaching." 1) Were we unselfish? 2) Did we play hard on every possession ? 3) Did we execute the basic fundamentals well offensively and defensively? "There was a fourth principle at work in our program : to have fun." "Basketball is a game that is dependent on togetherness." "A demanding teacher is quick to praise action that deserves praise, but will criticize the act, not the person ." "Caring for one another and building relationships should be the most important goal." I didn't remember that he had lost Tom McMillen to Maryland because his parents wouldn't sign his grant-in-aid papers. Their practice sheet started with a Thought for the Day, like " You can tell more about a person from what he says about others than what others say about him ." "The EMPHASIS OF THE DAY was a basketball thought. " like "sprint back on defense" or "catch the with both hands if possible." He shows a couple of practice plans with words we've said a thousand times. Emphasis of the Day: Offensive: NO UNNECESSARY DRIBBLE! Defensive: PRESSURE ON BALL-DON'T FOUL DRIBBLER! He talks about the numerous college coaches who came to visit, watch, and talk basketball. He makes the point, "the NBA and college basketball are two entirely different games." Reading takes us to different worlds, to meet people from all walks of life. Lagniappe: I like to watch film daily, for both review and exposure to new ideas. Coach Daniel's breakdown always reinforces core principles. Key points from Lakers-Rockets video include the pros and cons of personnel change, specifically going smaller. It improves the spacing, perimeter defense, opportunities for three-point shooting, and in the Lakers' case ball movement. Lagniappe 2: Doug Brotherton's HS club executes horns via a stagger with options. A Coach's Life by Dean Smith. There is much to be said about the legacy of basketball at the University of North Carolina. Many define the program by the number of national championships won, the stellar athletes we watch around the National Basketball Association, even recent academic irregularities that have tarnished some around the program. However, there is no legacy like the one of the man who changed the game of basketball, social norms in the South, the university itself, and the lives of many young people. Dean Smith was a man that all men should strive to be, not as a coach, but as a leader and role model for their families and in their careers. He died recently, at 83 years old. The UNC basketball program is, and always will be, a testament to Coach Smith’s lifetime caring for anyone who touched the program. As former Tar Heel Phil Ford once said, “I got a coach for four years but a friend for life.” That friend is attributed around the sports world as the first coach in the modern era who really instilled family into his program. As Seth Davis of put it, “There was a whiff of Cosa Nostra in this notion. Smith was the Godfather, and they all knew there was nothing he wouldn’t do to help them, whether they asked or not. And when he asked something of his players, they were expected to deliver, especially if it was on behalf of another member of the family.” The Known and Unknown Stories of Dean Smith. There are the stories many of us have heard, including his lack of desire for personal attention, but instead noted success for his kids, his remarkable innovation in the sport, and his uncanny memory—which had been deteriorating the last few years due to a degenerative disease. Greg Hansbrough, brother of legendary Tar Heel , recalls that even a couple of years ago Coach Smith would talk with him, ask about his running career, and discuss strategy for Coach Roy Williams to employ. “I wasn’t even one of his kids, but I was family and he always treated me like I was,” he says. There are also the stories most do not know. He fought hard for social justice. He recruited, stood by and supported Charles Scott, the Atlantic Coast Conference’s (ACC’s) first African-American scholarship athlete in the mid-1960s. Smith participated in sit-ins and integrated The Pines Restaurant in 1964, and joined campus protests over the Vietnam War and the use of the death penalty. Coach Smith never backed down from social issues, telling his kids that sometimes what is right isn’t popular, but that as a family they would persevere. Being in his presence made young people from every walk of life in America feel like they mattered, and every adult want to work harder. He never wanted attention, but never shied away from doing what he believed was right for his family and faith. Years after graduating from UNC, he was known for giving financial planning and assistance to his kids, marriage counseling when asked, and was quick to write letters and make calls to help anyone get a job. ‘The Best Leaders Care for the People They Lead’ Coach Smith’s book on leadership lessons doesn’t read like a standard book. He notes one of the top 10 ways to be a real leader—whether on the court or in the home—is to be “caring” with those around you. He notes that this can be especially tough for men. But Coach Smith believed, “The best leaders … care about the people they lead, and the people who are being led know when the caring is genuine and when it’s faked or not there at all. I was a demanding coach, but my players knew that I cared for them and that my caring didn’t stop when they graduated and went off to their careers.” This caring is exemplified by his family members, former colleagues and UNC players. For example, , a former UNC , hosts a yearly Father’s Day Camp at the where dads spend Father’s Day weekend learning about being the coach of their team, and children learn about being a team player in the family unit—in addition to the fun basketball skills learned while playing with the years current Tar Heel team. Some of Coach Smith’s other top leadership strategies include Servant Leadership and Confidence Building. He wanted players to reach their potential, even himself sitting in the back of planes while traveling so the kids could experience what it felt like to be first class. He knew he was leading by example, but he also wanted them to understand their worth as people and work hard to sacrifice for others. However, despite being an avid winner, Coach Smith also believed that perspective was important at all times. Off the court, his kids dealt with real issues over the three decades he was a head coach. Former player Pete Budko remembers, “On the occasions when we didn’t win, he would tell us there were two billion people in China who didn’t care one bit about the outcome of our game.” The Carolina Way. During his time as a head coach, Smith won 879 games, two national championships, an Olympic gold medal in 1976, 13 ACC titles, and 17 ACC regular season titles, and ensured that each and every athlete involved in those statistics had any and all opportunities in life possible. Until his death, Dean Smith has a small office in the basement of the “Dean Dome,” and did all that his body would allow him to do for the community, school, and his kids. Until recently, he could be found typing away ten-page responses to Roy Williams’ one-sentence questions about a play. His commitment, his passion, his deep caring for others—that is the real legacy of Dean Smith, one every man should look to as a guidepost for how to be a leader in his family and career.